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“Norwegian Wood” is a confounding film, beginning with this: It’s most likely to appeal to fans of the Haruki Murakami novel on which it’s based, and they’re the least likely to enjoy it. That’s ...

"The more the memories of Naoko inside me fade, the more deeply I am able to understand her. I know, too, why she asked me not to forget her. Naoko herself knew, of course. She knew that my memories ...

I can’t say this review is exactly timely. Japanese author Haruki Murakami’s "Norwegian Wood" was published in 1987 and finally translated into English in 2000, so I’m about nine years behind schedule ...

It is intriguing that for decades “wooden” has been a decidedly pejorative description. Now, at last, wood is being rehabilitated. More than that: it is suddenly fashionable, and Norwegian Wood has ...

Vietnamese-French director Tran Anh Hung crossed cultural and linguistic borders to direct his latest film, “Norwegian Wood,” based on the cult coming-of-age Japanese novel. The Oscar-nominated ...

MOVE over, ye warbling Beatles: 50 years after the classic Beatles song Norwegian Wood, and its concluding line: “so I lit a fire, isn’t it good, Norwegian Wood,” there’s a new riff on the title, ...

Young love in all its agonies is something we've all experienced, and I'm pretty sure it's something we all remember at a visceral level, whether we're 14 or 95 or somewhere in between. Yet it's a ...

So many songs have hidden meanings that fans never know about. Beatles member John Lennon was notorious for throwing in obscure references in his lyrics that only the most perceptive listeners could ...